Improvement in combined whip-sockets and rein-holders



J. 9. A. WOODWORTH & W. H. DAMRON. COMBINED WHIP-SOCKET AND am-noun.

No.174,101. Patented Feb 29,1876. I

- M. n.. 7/ jzzjw %Z%@Zj UNITED STATES PATENT QFFIC'E JoHN Q. A. wooDWoHTH ND WILLIAM H. DAMRON, OF MACOMB, IL INoIs, ASSIGNORS OF ONE-THIRD THEIR RIGHT To DAVID s. HAMPTON, or

SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN COMBINED WHIP-SOCKETS AND RElN-HOLDERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 174,101, dated February 29, 1876; application filed December 28, 1875.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that we, JoHN Q. A. WooD The object of this invention is to provide suitable means, attached to the dash-hoards of carriagesior wagons, whereby the whip and reins are firmly held when the operator wishes to transact business or while getting in or out of the carriage or wagon, as the case may r be; and its novelty consists in the construction of a whipholder with a suitable projecting frame, into which a flat metal spring is firmly attached, as hereinafter fully set forth.

in the drawings,Arepresents a frame projecting out fromthe whip-holder (3, into which the spring B is firmly attached. The frame A and whip-holder (J is constructed in two halves, (or it can be made of one piece of met- -al,) and is firmly attached together with rivets.- The spring B is made of any suitable spring-metal and is firmly attached between the two plates of the frame A, as shown in Fig. l. The clasp Dis for the purpose of fastening the holder to the fender-rod on the dash-board of carriages.

Operation: The holder is firmly attached to the dash-board ot' a wagon or carriage. In a carriage the clasp D is placed around the fender-rod of the dash-board, and the frame A is firmly bolted to the dash. When the operator wishes to fasten the reins, he draws them up sufficiently tight and then presses them down between the end of the spring B and whip-holder U, which causes the spring to open snfficiently to let the reinsin, which holds them firmly until they are removed. The holder can be attached at either end of the dashboard.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In combination with the whip holder 0, the projecting frame A, 'provided with the spring B, constructed substantially as shown and for the purpose set'i'orth.

JOHN Q. A. WOODWORTH. WM. H. DAMRON. Witnesses:

THos. J. PRICE, J oHN H. MOORE. 

